1988Final results

1988 election for Iowa House District 19

Name: 1988 election for Iowa House District 19
Start: 1988-11-08
Location: Iowa

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Dennis May (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Merlin E. Bartz (R) by 2.0 points.

Dennis MayDemocrat · winner · incumbent

51.0%6,435

49.0%6,181

12,616 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET